Lachimdeviki O Lekkundi

Imagine an island people who are entirely dependent on passing merchant ships for their supplies. They'd sit at the coast staring at the horizon waiting for a ship which no one knows will turn up when. This situation isn't unlike that of the discerning Telugu viewer waiting for a good film to release. You sit and wait for long periods with no ships sighted, and celebrate the few times when a vessel does turn up. The most frustrating times, though, are when the ship shows up – with stale food.

Lakshmidevi (Lavanya Tripathi) is a dedicated bank employee (yay - our heroine is a f....